Trump Appeals $450 Million N.Y. Fraud Finding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : "Appellants' business partners made over one hundred million dollars in profits and reaped extensive benefits from their relationship with [Trump]," lawyers for the former president wrote.
41% : "An appellate court panel could reduce the fine that Trump owes, which represents his ill-gotten gains plus another $100 million in interest that is continuing to accrue.
38% : James has repeatedly denied any claim of unfairness and has said that investigators from her office found clear proof of wrongdoing and a culture of deceit at the Trump Organization, which is a real estate, golf resort and hospitality company that is solely owned by Trump.
38% : Engoron's decision had other non-monetary punishments that had the capacity to impact day-to-day operations at the Trump company, which is headquartered at Trump Tower in New York, such as the determination that Trump could not serve as an officer or director of a company in the state for three years.
28% : Trump argued that rationale was in clear violation of the appellate court's orders.
27% : Trump, his advocates and his supporters have long accused James, a Democrat, of being motivated by politics by pursuing Trump.
25% : Separately, Trump was convicted by a jury in New York criminal court in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records for scheming to hide a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, issued weeks before the 2016 election as the Trump campaign swatted away a series of damaging stories about him.
25% : Trump is slated to be sentenced in that case in September and could face incarceration.
24% : Trump and his lawyers have always said that none of the parties they made deals with were cheated.
22% : Trump was also barred from applying for new loans from financial institutions chartered or registered in New York.
3% : Lawyers for Trump, his company and for two of Trump's sons filed a brief in state appeals court Monday, arguing that severe errors were committed by Arthur Engoron, the judge who decided Trump's fate after a two-month bench trial in New York Supreme Court.

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